Coin and key holder



Aug. 16, 1966 D. J. HANKEY COIN AND KEY HOLDER Filed March 10, 1965 INVENTOR DONALD J. HANKEY Patented August 16, 1966 United States Patent Office 3,266,501

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken from the 3,266,501 line 77 of FIG. 5. COIN AND KEY HOLDER As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the coin Donald Hankey z i Land Dnve and key holder of the present invention is provided with Filed g b gg; 438 596 a body member which may be made of plastic, metal 7 i f 133 6) or other material. This body member 10 1s provided with a cavity 12 which is generally circular and provided This invention relates to a coin and key holder and With a Closed side 14 and an p side The y more particularly to a coin nd key hold particularly member 10 is generally circular in outline, but may be of adapted for use by motorists for retaining keys and also 10 different shape and also the y, y if desired, he of for efliciently retaining coins readily available for use in a different shape but Provided y With a closed side and parking meters. an p n slde.

Various prior art coin and key holders have been rela- The P Y 10 is Provided With an eXteihai groove P tively complicated, yet also bulky, diffioult of operation tion 18 in Which pp recess Portions 20 are locatedand of structural arrangements which are not durable or 5 These Teeess Portions 20 extend from an inner Wall 22 of reliable. the cavity 12 to an outer portion of the body 10 communi- Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to eating With the groove Portion A Wife ey retaining provide a very simple, efficient and economical coin and p 24 is Provided with pp deteht Portions 26 and key hold composed of l two parts, i h are very 28, which are resiliently urged toward each other by the substantial, durable, reliable of operation, simple to use 20 resilient character of the Wife The deteht P d l compact tions engaged in the openings 20 are inwardly directed Another object of the present invention is to provide a convex Portions of the resilient Wire and as shQWH coin and key holder which may he composed of a general- 3 the Convex curvature of these i P -3 ly cylindrical body of plastic or other material, having a idireeteti inwardly to ei the p ph 30 eoihslh cylindrical cavity therein and a resilient wire loop having the cavity The resilient p 24 1s ais0 Provided i detent portionsengageable with the body and having key abutment Portions 32 Which heal i i the i i retaining portion-s overlying the cavity and whereby resiof the body 10 ih the groove 13 t0 stabilize the disposition lient release of h detent portions of the wire 100p of the loop portion 24 for holding keys thereon. The mits the key retaining portions to be removed from interkeys may he threaded e elthel: of the Opposite fering relation with coins in the cavity so that the coins h 34 36 of the iesiiieiit Wire 2 and y he may readily be removed therefrom when needed. disposed h an intermediate p P t all as Another object of the invention is to provide a novel Shown he'st 1i1 FIGS- 1 i d 2 of the draw ngs. coin and key holder having a resilient wire loop structure l A h i the invention SheWh in FIGS' 6 so designed that it readily and safely retains keys when and 1S h the Preferred t of h removed from the coin retaining body of the invention. Venhohh modification of the invention comprises a Another object of the invention is to provide a coin q 40 which may h h Seine other ap a and key holder in which a key retaining loop readily mainthls body 40 Provided with a cavity 42 therein f tains a plurality of coins in a stacked compact position in may have a clrcular Wail and may Provided with a a generally cylindrical body member, thereby providing 40 closed side 44 and an eP g Although h sfor the retention of a substantial number of keys and a c osure relates to a cavity 42 avihg a Curved Wail, this substantial number of diiterent sized coins in a very com- W may be rectangular a other W shape desired pact structure. in order to hold coins at their peripheries 30 in the body g is of the limiemion is s g lnovel lhis body 40 is provided with a slot 48 in its side Wall coin an ey 0 er emp oymg a move 0 y and ey retaining loop structure wherein portions of the resilient key 233 g ggif i s gj gg g i i whlch g retainin loo overlie coins and hold them ca tive in a i a O a wlre 00p mem' er cavity ii the body member and whereby deten z portions i loop member is provide? with joggled portion? 60 formed on the loop engage detent portions of the :body ii g gq i g a j fi i g i to hold the key retaining portions over an open side of 33 5 g Pomon a as S Own est m the cavit in the bod member to hold coins therei e rawmgs Furthe i objects an d advantages of the inV611tl0 I l may h joggliid portions disposed inwardly the recess be apparent from the following specification, appended portions he m thither remiss portions and 64 forming claims and accompanying drawings, in which: abutments tending to resist radial displacement of the 1 FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a coin and key 5 ggfg ggz 1 23 23 E Cenier agi i y holder, in accordance wit-h the present invention, showing 1 gg p 1 ns a e m egra W1 6y winning v portlons 66 and 68 which extend across the cavity 42, h i of a key retalnl,ng 100p .thereof broken away and as shown best in FIGS. 4 and 5, and these portions 66 in SGICUOII to amplify the illustration; and 68 are integral with respective ends 7 0 and 72 form- F G. 2 is an elevational view thereof taken from the ing opposite ends of the loop member 58 and these ends line of 1; are held in a recess 74 in the side wall of the body 40.

3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View taken It will be seen that the coin retaining portions 66 and fr m t e ine of 1, showing a Portion of the 68 are spaced a considerable distance from the enclosed wire loop member of the invention in elevation; side 44 of the cavity 42, so that several coins may be FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a modified form of the retained in the cavity 42 by the coin retaining portions invention showing portions thereof broken away and in 65 66 and 68 and that any coins disposed therein and as section and illustrating a varying position of the key reillustrated by broken lines A in FIG. 4 of the drawings, taining loop member by broken lines; may not be removable or displaced from the cavity 42 FIG. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken from the merely by accident, as for example, the cavity 42 is large line 55 of FIG. 4; enough for conventional coins such as nickels and dimes FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View taken 70 may also be held in the cavity without danger of loss, from the line 6-6 of FIG. '4; and due to the fact that dimes may assume a diameterand 3 position as indicated by broken lines A in FIG. 4 of the drawings, and yet be retained by the coin retaining members 66 and 68. At the same time nickels may be held in the cavity and they may be of such diameter as to fit quite closely within the confines of the cavity 42 It will be seen that a key or keys 76 may be posltioned on the wire loop 58 and that the coin retain ng portions 66 and 68 are disposed in a converging relation from the loop 58 and are converged inwardly toward the body 40 when in a removed broken line position B shown in FIG. 4 of the drawings. When the converging coin retaining elements 66 and 68 are in the broken line position B, it will be seen that resilient character of the loop 58 tend to hold these portions apart as well as the detent portions 60, so that normal resilient tendency of the loop 58 is to hold the detent portions 60 apart and in engagement with the ledges 62 and 64 and within the recesses 50 and 52 in order that the body be efiiciently and rigidly retained on the loop 58.

When it is desired to remove the loop 58 from the body 40, the loop may be squeezed together, thereby forcing the detent portions 60 closer together and releasing them from the ledges 62 and 64.

When it is desired to replace the loop 58, it may be forced in a direction of an arrow C in FIG. 4 of the drawings, whereby the converging coin retaining portions 66 and 68 pass into the slotted portion 48 and engage the recesses 50 and 52 and are, thus, cammed closer together until the detent portions 60 snap into position in engagement with the ledge portions 62 and 64, hereinbefore described.

The detail of the recess portions 62 and 64 is illustrated in FIG. 7, showing the structure in section and illustrating one detent portion 60 firmly engaged with a ledge 64 and showing the respective integral portion of the loop portion engaged in the recess 52 at one side of the slotted portion 48.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that operation simplicity and economy of the coin and key holder, in accordance with the present invention, is advantageous and that several keys may be retained on the loop 58 and may be removed without having the keys readily accidentally displaced from the loop, while coins are being removed from the cavity 42. This is due to the fact that the coin retaining portions 66 and 68 are disposed in converging relationship and that their opposite ends do not readily permit keys to reach the space between them, due in part to the joggled portion 60 and to the slight spaced relationship of the ends 70 and 72 when the loop member is removed from the body 40.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications of the present invention may be resorted to in a manner limited only by a just interpretation of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a coin and key holder the combination of: a body member having a coin holding cavity therein; and a resilient wire loop member removably engaged with said body; and coin retaining portions of said wire loop member overlying said cavity to retain coins therein said cavity having a closed side and an open side, said cavity adapted to hold a stack of coins in flat side-to-side contact with each other, said cavity having a central axis directed normally through coins at right angles to the sides of said coins, said open side of said cavity dis posed to receive coins in a direction normal to their sides, said coin retaining portions of said resilient wire loop member disposed to be parallel to the sides of coins in said cavity and to retain coins against removal from said cavity in a direction parallel to said axis and normal to the sides of said coins said retaining portions completely removable from overlying and obstructing position throughout the entire cross-sectional area of said cavity alternately to dispense coins therefrom.

2. In a coin and key holder the combination of: a body member having a coin holding cavity therein; and a resilient wire loop mmebe-r removably engaged with said body; and coin retaining portions of said wire loop member overlying said cavity to retain coins therein said cavity having a closed side and an open side, said cavity adapted to hold a stack of coins in flat side-to-side contact with each other, said cavity having a central axis directed normally through coins at right angles to the sides of said coins, said open side of said cavity disposed to receive coins in a direction normal to their sides, said coin retaining portions of said resilient wire loop member disposed to be parallel to the sides of coins in said cavity and to retain coins against removal from said cavity in a direction parallel to said axis and normal to the sides of said coins said retaining portions completely removable from overlying and obstructing position throughout the entire cross-sectional area of said cavity alternately to dispense coins therefrom; opposed recess portions in said body adjacent said cavity; opposed detent portions of said loop member in said opposed recess portions; the resilient character of said loop member tending to hold said detent portions in engagement with said opposed recess portions.

3. In a coin and key holder the combination of: a body member having a coin holding cavity therein; and a resilient wire loop member removably engaged with said body; and coin retaining portions of said wire loop member overlying said cavity to retain coins therein said cavity having a closed side and an open side, said cavity adapted to hold a stack of coins in fiat side-to-side contact with each other, said cavity having a central axis directed normally through coins at right angles to the sides of said coins, said open side of said cavity disposed to receive coins in a direction normal to their sides, said coin retaining portions of said resilient wire loop member disposed to be parallel to the sides of coins in said cavity and to retain coins against removal from said cavity in a direction parallel to said axis and normal to the sides of said coins said retaining portions completely removable from overlying and obstructing position throughout the entire cross-sectional area of said cavity alternately to dispense coins therefrom; opposed recess portions in said body adjacent said cavity; opposed detent portions of said loop member in said opposed recess portions; the resilient character of said loop member tending to hold said detent portions in engagement with said opposed recess portions; said opposed recess portions communicating with said cavity and each extending to an external area of said body member; said detent portions extending through said recess portions from said external area into said cavity and into positions spaced inwardly relative to Wall portions of said cavity.

4. In a coin and key holder the combination of: a body member having a coin holding cavity therein; and a resilient wire loop member removably engaged with said body; and coin retaining portions of said Wire loop member overlying said cavity to retain coins therein said cavity having a closed side and an open side, said cavity adapted to hold a stack of coins in flat side-to-side contact with each other, said cavity having a central axis directed normally through coins at right angles to the sides of said coins, said open side of said cavity disposed to receive coins in a direction normal to their sides, said coin retaining portions of said resilient wire loop member disposed to be parallel to the sides of coins in said cavity and to retain coins against removal from said cavity in a direction parallel to said axis and normal to the sides of said coins said retaining portions completely removable from overlying and obstructing position throughout the entire cross-sectional area of said cavity alternately to dispense coins therefrom; opposed recess portions in said body adjacent said cavity; opposed detent portions of said loop member in said opposed recess portions; the resilient character of said loop member tending to hold said detent portions in engagement with said opposed recess portions; a sloted portiQnS. in

said body member directed generaly radially with respect to said cavity and extending from said cavity to an outer surface of said body member; said recess portions disposed in opposite sides of said slotted portion; said detent portions comprising joggled portions of said loop member, said joggled portions engaged in said recess portions; and ledge portions of said body member adjacent said recess portions tending to retain said joggled portions in juxtaposition in said body member.

5. In a coin and key holder the combination of: a body member having a coin holding cavity therein; and a resilient Wire loop member removably engaged With said body; and coin retaining portions of said Wire loop member overlying said cavity to retain coins therein said cavity having a closed side and an open side, said cavity adapted to hold a stack of coins in fiat side-to-side contact with each other, said cavity having a central axis directed normally through coins at right angles to the sides of said coins, said open side of said cavity disposed to receive coins in a direction normal to their sides, said coin retaining portions of said resilient wire loop member disposed to be parallel to the sides of coins in said cavity and to retain coins against removal from said cavity in a direction parallel to said axis and normal to the sides of said coins said retaining portions completely removable from overlying and obstructing position throughout the entire cross-sectional area of said cavity alternately to dispense coins therefrom; opposed recess portions in said body adjacent said cavity; opposed detent portions of said loop member in said opposed recess portions; the resilient character of said loop member tending to hold said detent portions in engagement with said opposed recess portions; a slotted portion in said body member directed generally radially With respect to said cavity and extending from said cavity to an outer surface of said body member; said recess portions disposed in opposite sides of said slotted portion; said detent portions comprising joggled portions of said loop member, said joggled portions engaged in said recess portions; and ledge portions of said body member adjacent said recess portions tending to retain said joggled portions in juxtaposition in said body member; said coin retaining portions integral With said joggled portions and extending beyond said joggled portions and over said cavity.

6. In a coin and key holder the combination of: a body member having a coin holding cavity therein; and a resilient wire loop member removably engaged with said body; and coin retaining portions of said wire loop member overlying said cavity to retain coins therein said cavity having a closed side and an open side, said cavity adapted to hold a stack of coins in fiat side-to-side contact with each other, said cavity having a central axis directed normally through coins at right angles to the sides of said coins, said open side of said cavity disposed to receive coins in a direction normal to their sides, said coin retaining portions of said resilient wire loop member disposed to be parallel to the sides of coins in said cavity and to retain coins against removal from said cavity in a direction parallel to said axis and normal to the sides of said coins said retaining portions completely removable from overlying and obstructing position throughout the entire cross-sectional area of said cavity alternately to dispense coins therefrom; opposed recess portions in said body adjacent said cavity; opposed detent portions of said loop member in said opposed recess portions; the resilient character of said loop member tending to hold said detent portions in engagement with said opposed recess portions; a slotted portion in said body member directed generally radially with re spect to said cavity and extending from said cavity to an outer surface of said body member; said recess po-rtions vdisposed in opposite sides of said slotted portion; said detent portions comprising joggled portions of said loop member, said joggled portions engaged in said recess portions; and ledge portions of said body member adjacent said recess portions tending to retain said joggled portions in juxtaposition in said body member; said coin retaining portions integral with said joggled portions and extending beyond said joggled portions and over said cavity, to an opposite side thereof from said slotted portion; and opposite ends of said loop member integral with said coin retaining portions; and a second recess means in said body member in which said opposite ends are retained.

7. In a coin and key holder the combination of: a body member having a coin holding cavity therein; and a resilient wire loop member removably engaged with said body; and coin retaining portions of said Wire loop member overlying said cavity to retain coins therein said cavity having a closed side and an open side, said cavity adapted to hold a stack of coins in flat side-to-side contact with each other, said cavity having a central axis directed normally through coins at right angles to the sides of said coins, said open side of said cavity disposed to receive coins in a direction normal to their sides, said coin retaining portions of said resilient wire loop member disposed to be parallel to the sides of coins in said cavity and to retain coins against removal from said cavity in a direction parallel to said axis and normal to the sides of said coins said retaining portions completely removable from overlying and obstructing position throughout the entire cross-sectional area of said cavity alternately to dispense coins therefrom; said cavity substantially cup-shaped and provided with a generally circular wall portion and one closed side; said cavity having an open side, said coin retaining portions overlying said open side of said cavity.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 633,839 9/1899 Haynes 133.6 952,614 3/1910 Grifiin et al. 206-0.81 2,553,904 5/1951 Eslick.

FOREIGN PATENTS 102,935 5/ 1917 Great Britain. 252,472 10/ 1948 Switzerland.

THERON E. CONDON, Primary Examiner.

J. M. CASKIE, Assistant Examiner. 

6. IN A COIN AND KEY HOLDER THE COMBINATION OF: A BODY MEMBER HAVING A COIN HOLDING CAVITY THEREIN; AND A RESILIENT WIRE LOOP MEMBER REMOVABLY ENGAGED WITH SAID BODY; AND COIN RETAINING PORTIONS OF SAID WIRE LOOP MEMBER OVERLYING SAID CAVITY TO RETAIN COINS THEREIN SAID CAVITY HAVING A CLOSED SIDE AND AN OPEN SIDE, SAID CAVITY ADAPTED TO HOLD A STACK OF COINS IN FLAT SIDE-TO-SIDE CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, SAID CAVITY HAVING A CENTRAL AXIS DIRECTED NORMALLY THROUGH COINS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SIDES OF SAID COINS, SAID OPEN SIDE OF SAID CAVITY DISPOSED TO RECEIVE COINS IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO THEIR SIDES, SAID COIN RETAINING PORTIONS OF SAID RESILIENT WIRE LOOP MEMBER DISPOSED TO BE PARALLEL TO THE SIDES OF COINS IN SAID CAVITY AND TO RETAIN COINS AGAINST REMOVAL FROM SAID CAVITY IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS AND NORMAL TO THE SIDES OF SAID COINS SAID RETAINING PORTIONS COMPLETELY REMOVABLE FROM OVERLYING AND OBSTRUCTING POSITION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID CAVITY ALTERNATELY TO DISPENSE COINS THEREFROM; OPPOSED RECESS PORTIONS IN SAID BODY ADJACENT SAID CAVITY; OPPOSED DETENT PORTIONS OF SAID LOOP MEMBER IN SAID OPPOSED RECESS PORTIONS; THE RESILIENT CHARACTER OF SAID LOOP MEMBER TENDING TO HOLD SAID DETENT PORTIONS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID OPPOSED RECESS PORTIONS; A SLOTTED PORTION IN SAID BODY MEMBER DIRECTED GENERALLY RADIALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAVITY AND EXTENDING FROM SAID CAVITY TO AN OUTER SURFACE OF SAID BODY MEMBER; SAID RECESS PORTIONS DISPOSED IN OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SLOTTED PORTION; SAID DETENT PORTIONS COMPRISING JOGGLED PORTIONS OF SAID LOOP MEMBER, SAID JOGGLED PORTIONS ENGAGED IN SAID RECESS PORTIONS; AND LEDGE PORTIONS OF SAID BODY MEMBER ADJACENT SAID RECESS PORTIONS TENDING TO RETAIN SAID JOGGLED PORTIONS IN JUXTAPOSITION IN SAID BODY MEMBER; SAID COIN RETAINING PORTIONS INTEGRAL WITH SAID JOGGLED PORTIONS AND EXTENDING BEYOND SAID JOGGLED PORTIONS AND OVER SAID CAVITY,TO AN OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF FROM SAID SLOTTED PORTION; AND OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID LOOP MEMBER INTEGRAL WITH SAID COIN RETAINING PORTIONS; AND A SECOND RECESS MEANS IN SAID BODY MEMBER IN WHICH SAID OPPOSITE ENDS ARE RETAINED. 